I never want to get to that level of poverty where taking a bath has to be a hot-pot experience.

I have a lot of those 'Forrest Gump,' I-was-there moments.

In terms of being a 'sneakerhead,' there was one point where I was obsessively following every sneaker blog. That's the beauty of Twitter: To get the heads up on what's coming out.

I think all of this—The Roots and DJing included—was meant to prepare me for The Tonight Show.

I've come to the conclusion that the average person can do about four things a day, like four real things a day.

Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.

Part of me would just like to relax and have one job that pays me the amount I need to survive. And another part of me wants the creativity that comes out of struggle and frustration and fear. It's a never-ending cycle, which must be how I want it, on some level.